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CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF BLAKE'S "CHIMNEY SWEEPER" POEM'S FIRST VOLUME 'SONGS OF INNOCENCE'......

In Blake's "Chimney sweeper" of the 'songs of Innocence volume Blake refers a little Chimney sweeper who has lost his father and mother.His parents sold him to master Chimney sweeper . The Chimney sweeper cry 'weep','weep','weep' is a parody of child's mumbling of 'sweep'.The speaker in the poem is Chimney sweeper and his friend is 'Tom Dacre' curly hair and white hair is a generalized picture of morbidity suffered by the working class people in England in late 1780s.T he tersh reference of the unhealthy condition of factories and industries by the words like :"coffins Black"," Black","cold" etc .To which the Chimney sweepers like Dick ,Joe  and Ned are easy victims.In this poem Blake's tone is tender and gentle.

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